Shemara Wikramanayake: Australia’s $17mln female executive tops pay list – By Angela Priestley Macquarie’s Shemara Wikramanayake gives all women something to celebrate as she tops the list for executive pay. Women’s Agenda’s Angela Priestley tells us more. By Angela Priestley (Financy – Women’s money matters) There’s nothing like playing ‘spot the women’ when it comes to lists ranking the salaries of those in the mega-rich stratosphere. One of the most interesting of such lists is also one of the most difficult for women to crack: a detailed look at what Australia’s top chief executives get paid. It’s difficult to crack given the tiny proportion of women to ever reach such positions in the first place. But this year one woman leads the pack of highest paid executives according to the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and that’s Shemara Wikramanayake with more than $17 million in total pay as global head of asset management ...

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